[mohaa] recommended settings for server?
Troy Chinnery
t_chinnery at iprimus.com.au
Wed Dec 17 05:34:31 EST 2003
eg.
./moh_lnxded +set com_hunkMegs 96 +set com_zoneMegs 24
I have only run a spearhead server, and with 512MB ram. I used hunk=160 and
zone=48 and never had any problems with 32 (or more) players on my LAN. I may
very well have been able to set lower values.
256MB would make a diff I would think, but first experiment with those
variables and any others you might find useful, to see if they can reduce your
lag.
NateDog wrote:
> So.........would more RAM help? When you say to set those variables could u
> show me an example? If more RAM will help I'll see what I can afford.
> thanx for your expertise man! ttyl
>
> Nathan
>
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> From: "Troy Chinnery" <t_chinnery at iprimus.com.au>
> To: <mohaa at icculus.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [mohaa] recommended settings for server?
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> The kernel probably won't let it grab more than 80% because 20% is being
> used
> by other processes. You can have more predictable memory usage by using the
> com_hunkMegs and com_zoneMegs variables on the command line. Values like
> hunk=128 and zone=48 are common but for newer games often larger. With only
> 128MB of memory, try hunk=96 zone=24. This will minimise swapping BUT there
> may be some levels your server won't load and/or might not handle 32
> players.
>
>
> Nathan Peters wrote:
>
>>Hey everyone. I need to ask a question to the linux gurus. I have a
>>server up. Red Hat linux 9, Pentium 4 3ghz, 128mb RAM (yeah i know not
>>very much - provided by host - I'm limited because of finances). It's
>>32 slots. 5 of them are private. It is full right now. I'm on a OC192
>>backbone. Bandwidth rocks. But lag is experienced some. What is the
>>recommended amount of RAM? At first I had 64megs of RAM. Heavy swap
>>usage maxed out RAM. Then I went up to 128megs of RAM and here is what
>>the top command shows.
>>
>> 21:40:16 up 10:09, 1 user, load average: 0.27, 0.22, 0.18
>>35 processes: 32 sleeping, 3 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
>>CPU states: 25.3% user 2.3% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 72.3%
>
> idle
>
>>Mem: 124236k av, 122020k used, 2216k free, 0k shrd, 1836k
>>buff
>> 46488k active, 70744k inactive
>>Swap: 131064k av, 48176k used, 82888k free 11652k
>>cached
>> PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU
>
> COMMAND
>
>> 782 nathan 14 0 104M 98M 38072 R 24.3 80.8 74:43
>>0 mohaa_lnxded
>>
>>When I had 64megs of RAM it had about the same - 70-80%. I go to
>>128megs and full loaded server and it's the same? Neways, can someone
>>tell me what to do? Do I need more RAM or is that just how the server
>>runs? Thanx.
>>
>>Nathan
>>
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